Scaling useR Communities with Engagement and Retention Models.

Hello!I AM Eyitayo Alimi

I am Founder / CTO at nectarhub.ioYou can find me at @alimieyitayo

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Communities I've worked with

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““ Communities thrive with people not codes, not software, not technology but more people“ © alimieyitayo 2019

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Engagement vs RETENTIONENGAGEMENT - What happens when you experience the initial community buzz and excietment .RENTENTION - What happens at subsequent community touch points.

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Engagement + Retention

This combination wouldn't just make community interaction increase but also ensure it stays “continually consistent “ .

Community members keep coming back !

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Why should they go hand -in- hand .?

A Background of R communities

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Over 250 groups in about 75 countries globally .

R- Ladies currently have more than 100 groups in 46 countries including 4 in Africa.

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01 02 Presently ,there are no R - Ladies community in Nigeria but, there are about three R user groups.

Sources: https://jumpingrivers.github.io/meetingsR/r-user-groups.htmlhttps://www.meetup.com/pro/rladies

E and R Models

How to effectively combine Engagement and Rentention.

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WelcomePost sign-up messages to provide a little background of the community.

E & R 1.0Follow - upCraft personalized emails or text messages after the welcoming to follow them up with the community routine

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Content CurationContent hubs to ensure you never run out of content to share .

E & R 2.0User Generated Content ( UCG)Get the community members involved. Call for blog posts,project showcase e.t.c to ensure content diversity.

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Gamification Gaming is a great way of generating engagement.Use it!

E & R 3.0RewardsEnsure you have a reward system that brings them back to increase their levels and amass more rewards.

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MVP PlansIdentify and reward active community members.

E & R 4.0Reward BadgesEnsure there are badges to be displayed around their profiles.

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Physical Events.The more regular,the better.

E & R 5.0Office Hours / Virtual Events It is very important to organize office hours to augument for inconsistent physical events.

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Results- just engagement, retention after engagement and E & R models.

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